Sleeve-protector.



No. 833,667. PATENTED OUT. 16, 1906.

' G. BURST. SLEEVE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7 1905.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE;

SLEEVE-PROTECTOR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed June 7, 1906. Serial No. 264,184.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE BORST, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates. to a sleeve-protector designed for the use of store and office employees and others engaged in writing and other employments liable to soil or wear the clothing upon the arm of the person.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this character which is simple of construction and convenient and efficient in use and which, while adapted to be used for a maximum period, may be manufactured and sold at such a low cost that the user can readily afford to discard and replace worn or soiled protectors at frequent intervals.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the mode of use of the protector. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the protector. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the cuff or wristband of the rotector.

T e numeral 1 in the drawings represents the protector or oversleeve, which has the general form of the lower portion of the sleeve of a garment and is preferably made of some suitable cheap material, such as paper of a proper degree of toughness and flexibility and capable of sustaining wear. The protector or oversleeve is provided at its outer end with the usual placket-opening 2 and is contracted to properly fit about the wrist of the wearer. The wrist portion is formed with a cuff or band 3, constructed by folding the outer end of the material of which the sleeve is composed outwardly and back wardly over upon itself to form an outer ply 4, which is stitched or otherwise secured at its inner or free edge to the body of the protector. The production of the ply 4 also causes the formation of a pocket 5, in which is inserted a stiffening-ply 6, preferably composed of a cheap and endurable fabric, said ply being secured in osition in any preferred manner, but. prefera ly by a line of stitching extending along both edges of the folds or plies forming the cuff and through the stiffening-ply. By the use of this stiffening-ply of cloth the shape of the wristband or cuff ispreserved at all times and the paper of which it is composed reinforced by a stiffer backing, thus increasing the strength and wearing qualities thereof.

The wristband may be provided in its meeting ends with the usual openings 7 and 8 to receive a button or other suitable fastening; but, if desired, a simple form of fastenings may be provided upon the wristband, as shown in the drawings. The fastening comprises two members 9 and 10, each composed of a single piece of wire, the member 9 being bent into the form of a loop and the member 10 intermediately bent to form a hook 11, the free ends of both members being passed through the band or collar and clenched against the imier side thereof to firmly and securely connect the fastening members thereto without the use of auxiliary securing means. The reinforce 6 provides a holdingsurface which prevents these fastening members from pulling out under strain or tearing the plies of the cuff and also stiffens the material about the usual openings 7 and 8 to render the walls thereof sufficiently strong to prevent tearing out of the openings under the strain falling upon the button or other fastening. An oversleeve or protector is thus produced which is simple of construction, efiicient in use, and adapted to be worn for a long period, as the construction of the wristband upon which the greater portion of the strain and wear falls is such as to prolong the life of the device to a material extent. The protector may, however, be manufactured and sold at such a low cost that the user can readily afford to discard and replace the same at frequent intervals.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A sleeve-protector comprising a paper body having a reinforced sleeve or wristband portion, the meeting ends of said portion being respectively provided with a hook and an eye for connecting the same together, the said hook and eye members being constructed of looped strands of wire having their looped or bight portions properly shaped to form a connecting hook and eye, the arms of both wires projecting inwardly from the meeting ends for a portion of their length against the one side or face of the band and thence passed through the wristband and reversely bent with their free ends extending outwardly toward the meeting edges and clenched against the opposite side therewith under strain, substantially as de- IO or face of said band, the respective arms of scribed.

the band in alinement with each other to firmly clamp the plies of the band and pre- Witnesses:

vent the fastening members from tearing the OSCAR W. GUELIOH, same and being pulled out of connection SOL. WILE.

the members thus having reversely-extend- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature ing 0 posing portions of approximately in presence of two witnesses. equal engths lying against opposite sides of GEORGE BORST 

